Win: Lance Chamberlain (1-0) Loss: Joe Green (0-1)
Save: Bruce Bush (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Chick Krieger pitching. Lynn Pennyfeather grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph Miller singles to left field. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ralph Miller advances to second on the play. Dave Dexter pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Joe Green pitching. William Miller walks. Vito McCormack singles past the second baseman. William Miller advances to third on the hit. Vito McCormack steals second. Chris Rhodes strikes out. Terry Oldfield strikes out. Bob Leon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Harry Wendell grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Dyck grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Beatty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Masanori Ozaki flies out to the right fielder. Scat Pence grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Bedford walks. Chick Krieger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Orie Hunter singles to center field. Joe Green fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Joe Green strikes out. Lynn Pennyfeather pops out to the first baseman. Ralph Miller singles to right field. Orie Hunter is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland William Miller pops out to the second baseman. Vito McCormack grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Rhodes singles to center field. Terry Oldfield reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Beatty. Bob Leon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Dexter walks. Harry Wendell strikes out. Dan Dyck lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Masanori Ozaki strikes out. Scat Pence grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jim Bedford walks. Jim Bedford is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jim Beatty grounds out to the second baseman. Orie Hunter grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Green strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Chick Krieger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). William Miller hits a home run. Vito McCormack singles past the second baseman. Chris Rhodes grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Lynn Pennyfeather triples. Ralph Miller singles to left field. Lynn Pennyfeather scores. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ralph Miller advances to second on the play. Dave Dexter grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph Miller advances to third on the play. Harry Wendell singles past the second baseman. Ralph Miller scores. Harry Wendell steals second. Dan Dyck strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Terry Oldfield singles to right field. Bob Leon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Terry Oldfield is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Leon is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Masanori Ozaki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Beatty strikes out. Orie Hunter reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Bedford. Tom Colbert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Joe Green walks. Lynn Pennyfeather strikes out. Ralph Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Scat Pence flies out to the center fielder. Jim Bedford flies out to the center fielder. Jackie Jacobs is pinch hitting for Tom Colbert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jackie Jacobs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Lance Chamberlain pitching. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Dexter lines out to the second baseman. Harry Wendell singles to right field. Dan Dyck grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Wendell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland William Miller strikes out. Vito McCormack walks. Chris Rhodes hits a home run. Vito McCormack scores. Terry Oldfield singles to right field. Bob Leon grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Terry Oldfield is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Leon gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Katsuya Kawabata enters the game as a defensive replacement for William Miller at LF. Bruce Bush comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Beatty strikes out. Orie Hunter grounds out to the shortstop. Woody Kirby is pinch hitting for Joe Green. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Woody Kirby flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5
Batting:HR - William Miller (2), Chris Rhodes (1).GIDP - Chris Rhodes. Baserunning: SB - Vito McCormack (3).CS - Bob Leon (2), Jim Bedford (4). Fielding: E - Jim Bedford.
Game Notes Dan Dyck is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Henke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Franklin Redmon improves in power_vs_righty Juan Lopez did not respond to coaching in arm Juan Lopez improves in contact_vs_righty Garland Ozuna improves in endurance Bob Brynan did not respond to coaching in velocity Juan Lopez did not respond to coaching in LF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pete Trouppe did not respond to coaching in control Gil Hearn did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Beecher improves in control Bob Ligtenberg did not respond to coaching in range Gil Hearn did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Trouppe did not respond to coaching in velocity